billy's Photoblog
Old Garden Wall
Posted by bronzebilly u.k. (Barry,Vale of Glamorgan, United Kingdom) on 14 February 2008 in Architecture and Portfolio.
A garden wall from Dyffryn House in Cardiff...
Given a sienna wash,a few "old photo" effects and then framed,using "PaintNet" a small but powerful free alternative to Windows Paint...
Billy...
MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Wow! a georgous effect on this BillyB. :)
I might check this PaintNet out.
15 Feb 2008 1:10am
Levine from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Yea i might check out paintnet too. Looks cool! Thanks for sharing eh!
15 Feb 2008 1:56am
amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada
Brilliant work again!! Brilliant image! billybrilliant!!
Must check out this "PaintNet" but what are you using for the "old photo" effects and for the sienna wash? My Welsh ain't what it used to be... how is the double "f" pronounced? Is that the "v" sound? I know there's a double letter that's for the "th"...
15 Feb 2008 1:56am
@amy: yo cutes...I used Picasa for the first processing steps...selective focus and added a few pinches of film-grain....
opened the image in Paintnet and added the border and used curves to bump up the contrast a touch...I also use this programme to add my signature...it's so simple...
o.k. pal..Welsh lesson no.1...."ff" is pronounced as "f"..no change there then...
As in ffenister(window)...the double letter for "th" is "ll" but that baby takes years of skill to avoid spitting over everybody*-))....glad to help...
Billyboyo...
Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States
Billy, I've said it before, but you just keep getting better and better. I like this PaintNet effect.
15 Feb 2008 2:50am
Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica
Great work here Billy! This effect is pretty nice.
15 Feb 2008 4:17am
e. from New York, NY, United States
Beautiful! It looks almost like it's on fire.
15 Feb 2008 8:07am
tyan from Singapore, Singapore
Good'ol Uncle Billy! Love th effect here a lot,the soft touch at the edges and the 'burnt' edges look.Fantastic!Gives me a feeling of adventure that i can perhaps find some treasure among the trees or in the ruins of the building and i will have enough fortune to last me a lifetime,help my hub to retire at forty,provide education for my kids till PhD,have another dozen of children till i get a girl,buy a 2 million-dollar house by the sea and go tour around the world 5 times.How's that sound?Look what you've done!LOL
15 Feb 2008 8:27am
@tyan: Blimey tyanmoon....what an imagination or can you see the future..hmmmmm
Jen from Alpharetta, United States
Billy as always...this is WONDERFUL your effects and framing are just fantastic
15 Feb 2008 3:38pm
Tracey from White Hall, United States
Nice Billy! I like the treatments you give your photos and I like even better that you help us learn by explaining what you did!
16 Feb 2008 7:07pm
Rhys from Darlington, United Kingdom
another PP Gem. PaintNet is a great program and its FREE and you can get some really impressive results- QED. nice work Billy.
17 Feb 2008 8:35am
Anne from White Rock, BC, Canada
Hi! Lovely job billyboyo! I think I will look for that "PaintNet" too - sure like the effect! Have started posting some of our mountains - no particular mountain on the first one - but after that lookout - have posted the elevations too so Lord Snowdon is going to have to apologize - keep up the good work! ;-)
17 Feb 2008 11:30am
ManuelaR from Hainburg, Germany
Here again a stunning wonderful processing. The yellows balance perfectly with the brwon tones, love it Billy ;)
27 Feb 2008 7:47am
